12 Plant Dyes for 72 Face Masks

Constanze Schweiger collected a selection of traditional dye plants in Vienna's area during the summer of 2020. With this material, she dyed twelve individual patches of mercerized cotton poplin, which was provided and processed into an edition of six face masks by Anna Schwarz.

Constanze Schweiger uses plant dyes and other materials to form objects that are an expression of time. She also writes and designs books. Sometimes Schweiger brings aspects of other individual’s practices into her narrative.

During the first pandemic lockdown in March 2020, Anna Schwarz had acquired a few hundred meters of Austrian-made cotton poplin. She used the fabric for the project masken.wien, producing over 2000 face masks for protection against the transmission of COVID-19. Schwarz works at the intersection of fashion, art, and artistic research to develop interdisciplinary projects with participatory and collaborative foundations.

You can keep the inflated objects sealed. You can display them on the wall or any background, using the magnetic closures on the case. Or cut the case open and wear the mask to protect the people around you. The packaging can be reused as a face mask pocket.